The Rising Costs of Targeted Attacks on Financial Institutions

Next-generation threats are aggressively targeting sensitive data, from high value M&A information to consumer PII. And, the increasing regulations around consumer and transaction data makes it more critical than ever to safeguard both the confidentiality as well as the integrity of the information.

Due to the sophistication of malware as well as the explosion in the number and types of malware variants, traditional defenses like next-generation firewalls, IPS, antivirus, and gateways have been rendered ineffective. Also, with the many 3rd parties accessing your network, like auditors, consultants, and subsidiary organizations, it is increasingly difficult to maintain a secure network.

This webcast explores the rising costs of targeted attacks and how you can protect against sophisticated malware.

Tom Bowers, vCISO for ePlus and their clients, will cover what he sees as the looming threats for 2016, including Threat Intelligence and Sharing, State Sponsored Code and Commercial Malware, Security of Big Data, Embedded Systems, and the Physical and Cyber Convergence.

Customer data is complicated. It lives everywhere and changes frequently. Creating a holistic view of the customer journey can be a challenge, even as the opportunities are obvious. Join Larry Drebes, Founder and CEO of Janrain for lessons learned from thousands of enterprises, challenges with different approaches to customer data management, and the benefits of managing customer identity in the cloud.

Email is #1 source of risk in today's enterprise, yet also the #1 digital communication channel for businesses today. The United States Postal Service sends more than thirteen million emails per day, which makes their email channel and brand a high-profile target for criminal email cyberattacks. In this case study webinar, hear from Michael Ray, Inspector in Change of Revenue, Product & Cyber Security at the United States Postal Inspection Service, as he shares their story of how they implemented Agari to protect their brand and their customers against fraudulent attacks by securing their email channel.

Email is #1 source of risk in today's enterprise, yet also the #1 digital communication channel for businesses today. The United States Postal Service sends more than thirteen million emails per day, which makes their email channel and brand a high-profile target for criminal email cyberattacks. In this case study webinar, hear from Michael Ray, Inspector in Change of Revenue, Product & Cyber Security at the United States Postal Inspection Service, as he shares their story of how they implemented Agari to protect their brand and their customers against fraudulent attacks by securing their email channel.

Operating from the belief that education is the most powerful weapon, one of our foremost security researchers will provide an analysis on a recently documented stealthy malware family named Stegoloader. Our upcoming webcast will unveil the sophistication of Stegoloader’s characteristics which make it hard to analyze and detect. This webcast will help you understand the nature of Stegoloader in order to counter it more efficiently and effectively.

Pierre-Marc Bureau, Senior Security Researcher from the Counter Threat Unit (CTU), will discuss how Stegoloader cloaks its main component as a harmless Portable Network Image (PNG) while it extracts and executes malicious code hidden within an image. Although CTU researchers have not observed Stegoloader being used in targeted attacks, it has significant information stealing capabilities. Malware authors are constantly looking for ways to adapt and improve detection mechanisms, which makes Stegoloader a prime candidate for cyber-criminals arsenals. Learn how digital steganography may be a new trend for threat actors globally.

In this webcast, you will:

- Gain insight on when and where Stegoloader was first encountered.
- Learn characteristics of Stegoloader and how it operates.
- Understand digital steganography trends and how to detect and remediate.

A seemingly never-ending string of large scale data breaches across all sectors of the economy and government have had devastating affects on countless individuals — and irreparably damaged organizations of all kinds. It’s been proven that privileged users, and the accounts and credentials they use, are a crucial element in conducting a successful attack. But it’s possible to protect those users and stop data breaches in their tracks.

In this webcast, we’ll explain how Xsuite and privileged identity management can stop attackers at multiple points in the data breach lifecycle, preventing damage and disruption. Join us to learn:

- Who are privileged users and why are they important?
- How do attackers exploit privileged users and their credentials to carry out breaches?
- See a hands-on demonstration of Xsuite and how it can manage, control, and protect privileged users and credentials and your business assets.

Register now to join us live at 1:00 pm ET Thursday, July 30, 2015 or on demand afterwards.

The rise in e-commerce data breaches over the past year raises important questions: Why is cardholder data such a big target, how do the bad guys get in and why are we seemingly powerless to stop them?

This session will examine the black market for card data, the three most common attack vectors, and the wrong way to encrypt databases.

You will see real-world examples of malware discovered during investigations and gain insights into the skill sets of each attacker.

The rise in e-commerce data breaches over the past year raises important questions: Why is cardholder data such a big target, how do the bad guys get in and why are we seemingly powerless to stop them?

This session will examine the black market for card data, the three most common attack vectors, and the wrong way to encrypt databases.

You will see real-world examples of malware discovered during investigations and gain insights into the skill sets of each attacker.

In this webcast, we will go over Qualys hardware and virtual scanner appliances for internal and external vulnerability scans. We will then demonstrate how you can discover various assets in your network, prioritize them, execute vulnerability scans, and generate reports that would suit your needs.

This presentation will provide an overview of contextualization and how contextualized data can be used to prevent both known and unknown threats. It will dive deep into the technologies used in the collation and analysis process across both single and multiple threat types. It will conclude with real world use cases where contextualized data can help identified and prevent threats.

Triage and remediation of attacks utilizing zero-day vulnerabilities requires technology, intelligence, and expertise that is often beyond the capabilities of most security teams today. With Clandestine Wolf, the name our security team gave to a recent zero-day campaign exploiting an Adobe Flash vulnerability, our analysts were able to validate the alert and begin response within minutes after first observing the attack.
In this webinar Ben Withnell, a FireEye as a Service (FAAS) incident analyst, will discuss how the Clandestine Wolf campaign was discovered, triaged, and remediated across the FireEye as a Service customer base. Throughout the webinar he will also share his insights into how our analysts handle APT threats, the attacker lifecycle, and remediation tactics.

Do you want to stop the complaints from upper management about malicious emails slipping through your current antivirus and antispam gateways? Has your IT team had enough of dealing with scourges such as CyptoWall? Are you tired of hearing that the “next big thing” from various IT security vendors will solve these problems only to see the products fail when put to the test? If you have any or all of these problems, this webinar is for you.

According to Verizon’s 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, 77% of infections originate from emails containing malicious attachments or URLs–emails that should be stopped at the perimeter. FireEye can make that happen.

Join us on August 13 for a demonstration of how our proven Multi-Vector Virtual Execution (MVX) technology can help protect your organization from known and unknown threats. The webinar will also cover the threat landscape and provide information on:

Traditional endpoint solutions were designed to deal with static, known threats. They accumulate large threat databases and signatures and when matches are found the threat is blocked. This approach simply does not work against today’s advanced and unknown attacks. And while organizations must protect every single endpoint, both traditional and mobile, an attacker only needs to compromise one to cause damage. Register now for this webinar where you will:
• Learn why protecting the multitude of endpoints is an on-going challenge
• Find out the importance behind detection and containment on all types of endpoints from PC to mobile
• Hear how FireEye offerings can help proactively protect against unknown threats on the endpoint

How can your company ensure all threat vectors are protected? In this webinar you will:

- Find out what it takes to secure your organization from today’s evasive advanced cyber threats
- Discover how to detect blended attacks that point products miss
- Learn how to safeguard your intellectual property, critical infrastructure, and customer records from multi-vector, targeted attacks
- Understand how to respond to incidents faster by reducing the number of false positives your security team has to sift through
- Get introduced to the FireEye products that can help achieve enterprise network security

Most of us rely on mobile apps for everything from banking to buying and messaging to mapping our route. Mobile devices are the go-to source to do work, watch videos, play games and—oh yes—even speak with another person.

But every time we download or use a new app to simplify our lives, we run the risk of a hacker accessing our data. A recent FireEye Special Report, Out of Pocket: A Comprehensive Mobile Threat Assessment of 7 Million iOS and Android Apps – is a revealing look at today’s top mobile app threats on two of the most widely used platforms. The report outlines the real risks associated with mobile apps and their implications to privacy, corporate data and security.

Join our industry experts for this interactive session to learn:
-Key Android and iOS threats based on the analysis of 7 million
mobile apps
-Trends in mobile app behaviors
-The impact of targeted malware and vulnerabilities
-Takeaways security leaders can implement to make devices more
secure in the workplace

Be prepared for the next wave of mobile cyberattacks. Register today to gain insight from FireEye’s latest report and our mobile subject matter experts!

Join FireEye Labs Advanced Reverse Engineering (FLARE) team members Matt Graeber and Dimiter Andonov for another exciting deep dive on new malware case studies found during Mandiant investigations. FLARE is dedicated to malware analysis and the development of tools to assist reverse engineering. The two malware they’ll dissect as part of this interactive discussion include:

1.Steganogram Shellcode Backdoor - The malware is a downloader and launcher that uses steganography to extract shellcode, commands, and data from PNG images. Which results in advanced modular backdoor capable of collecting wide range information related to the compromised system and executing even more shellcode!
2.Hybrid 32/64-bit Malware - The malware mixes 32-bit and 64-bit code to inject into the explorer.exe process depending upon the target architecture. We’ll show how this broke our malware tools and our solution.

Your adversaries are people: creative, nimble and persistent. They can bypass conventional security deployments almost at will, breaching systems in a wide swatch of industries and geographies.

Technology alone will not defeat a determined attacker. You need a strategic defense partner that combines the most advanced technology platform with the leading cyber security expertise and the latest global threat intelligence from around the world. FireEye as a Service (FaaS) does exactly this, and allows you to detect, prevent, analyze, and respond to security incidents in minutes rather than months.

Join FireEye, VP, CTO - Americas Josh Goldfarb, as he explores:

- The current state of cybersecurity and the new threat landscape
- The failure of traditional defense models in the face of a new adversary
- The value of an Adaptive Defense strategy and working with a trusted partner
- Real-world case studies

As always, we will save plenty of time for Q&A. Be sure to register now to take part in this critical webinar.

Well-maintained perimeter defenses are a key part of any security strategy. Organizations increasingly recognize that they must also complement their perimeter defenses with strong forensics capabilities to investigate and analyze attacks. When attacked, an enterprise needs to be able to rapidly investigate and determine the scope and impact of the incident so they can effectively contain the threat and secure their network.
In interactive this session, you will learn about:
• The key use cases for network forensics
• The typical organization that acquires network forensics technologies
• How FireEye Enterprise Forensics enables the proper response to today’s cyber attacks

FireEye recently released a new report that documents how and why governments around the world are turning to the cyber domain as a cost-effective way to spy on other countries, steal technology, and even wage war.

Whether it’s sensitive military, diplomatic, or economic information, governments depend on the integrity of their data. If that data falls into the wrong hands, the consequences could be severe.

In the wake of two apparent state- and government-sponsored attacks, APT1 and APT28, government agencies must understand why they are in attackers’ crosshairs, what attackers might be seeking, and how they can protect themselves.

Join us for a dynamic discussion with subject matter experts where you will learn:

•What makes your government-related organization an appealing target – whether you’re a political opponent, business, agency or vendor
•Why it’s important to determine who could be planning an attack, their motives, and how they might carry out their goals
•How to assess your level of preparedness and how to protect yourself if you are not ready for this new era of cyber warfare

FireEye recently released a new report “Behind the Syrian Conflict’s Digital Frontlines” that documents a well-executed hacking operation that successfully breached the Syrian opposition.

Between at least November 2013 and January 2014, the hackers stole a cache of critical documents and Skype conversations revealing the Syrian opposition’s strategy, tactical battle plans, supply needs, and troves of personal information and chat sessions. This data belonged to the men fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces as well as media activists, humanitarian aid workers, and others within the opposition located in Syria, the region and beyond.

We have only limited indications about the origins of this threat activity. Our research revealed multiple references to Lebanon both in the course of examining the malware and in the avatar’s social media use. While we do not know who conducted this hacking operation, if this data was acquired by Assad’s forces or their allies it could confer a distinct battlefield advantage.

Join us for a roundtable discussion with subject matter experts where we’ll talk about the details of the report and explore surrounding topics, to include:

• An overview of the conflict in Syria and why cyber-espionage is an increasingly important factor
• An in-depth analysis of a critical breach of the Syrian opposition including an overview of the tools and techniques used by the threat actors

All webinar attendees will receive a free copy of the new Syrian report. Register today!

From Cryptolocker to the Apple iOS vulnerability, there have been numerous high-profile breaches in 2014. With the ever-changing threat landscape and advanced cyber attacks showing no sign of slowing down, organizations need to be prepared as we head into 2015.

Join our live webinar where Bryce Boland, CTO for Asia Pacific at FireEye, will share top, global security predictions and challenges for 2015. In this webinar:
•Find out the top 10 security predictions for 2015 and how they impacts organizations
•Discover the data that drove these predictions
•Learn about key strategies to take a proactive stance against advanced attacks

This week FireEye released a new report called Hacking the Street? FIN4 Likely Playing the Market. This report focuses on a targeted threat group that we call FIN4 (Financially Motivated Group 4), whose tactics are surprisingly low-tech yet insidiously effective at obtaining access to confidential discussions at the highest levels of targeted companies. Our research suggests that FIN4 is likely targeting these companies in order to obtain advance knowledge of “market catalysts,” or events that cause the price of stocks to rise or fall dramatically.

Join us for a roundtable discussion with subject matter experts where we’ll talk about the details of the report and explore surrounding topics, to include:

• A deep dive into FIN4’s tactics and why they are simple yet surprisingly effective
• How FIN4 may be monitoring insider communications for a trading advantage
• Why FIN4 is different from other threat groups FireEye tracks
• A profile of organizations at risk, and what they can do to protect themselves.

All webinar attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the Hacking the Street? report.

FireEye just released a report called APT28: A Window Into Russia's Cyber Espionage Operations? The report focuses on a targeted threat group that we call APT28 (Advanced Persistent Threat group 28) and details ongoing, focused operations that we believe indicate a government sponsor - most likely the Russian government.

Join us for a roundtable discussion with Russian security expert, Edward Lucas of The Economist, and Jen Weedon, Manager of Threat Intelligence at FireEye.

The cyber threat landscape is dramatically evolving, but one thing is certain – attackers are becoming more and more sophisticated, and most organizations are struggling to keep pace. In a recent IANS and FireEye survey, security practitioners and decision makers share their perspective on the type of attackers they’re dealing with, how they’re responding to the growing threat, and the effect on organizations that have experienced a breach.

Join FireEye’s Chief Security Strategist (Forensics Group) Josh Goldfarb, and Dave Shackleford, IANS Lead Faculty, as they discuss:
•The kinds of products and controls most organizations are implementing
•What new technologies security teams are focusing on, and
•How security budgets are changing to align with security’s growing importance to the enterprise

In this webinar, our experts will present one practical case of such attacks called "Sidewinder Targeted Attack." It targets victims by intercepting location information reported from ad libs, which can be used to locate targeted areas such as a CEO's office or some specific conference rooms. When the target is identified, "Sidewinder Targeted Attack" exploits popular vulnerabilities in ad libs, such as JavaScript-binding-over-HTTP or dynamic-loading-over-HTTP.

Join us for this for this live session to learn:
•How a Sidewinder Targeted Attack can disrupt and hijack the network where targeted victims reside
•The risks of remote attacks on Android devices through apps downloaded from Google Play
•Different forms of attacks to Android vulnerabilities
•Current trends and best practices around mobile security

Taking on security needs at a new organization can be complicated as you learn what’s currently in place, where the gaps are and the best way to drive change in your new organization. Get helpful guidance, beyond the technical details, from an experienced change agent.

This talk will discuss some of the ways in which security can be approached as a business process, rather than as an enigma, including:

•Your first 30 days: fame and foibles when taking over a new
security program
•Gauging your business executives: how to talk with senior
business leaders and classify their responses to security in order
to make your relationship more effective
•Show me the money: how to review a security budget and quickly
match it up against your new organization's risk profile
•Finding strategic partners: a litmus test for discussions with key
vendors to figure out who to trust and who is selling you a bridge

Threat actors’ tactics and motivations are evolving. Successful security teams continuously adapt to anticipate new tactics. That means adopting new approaches. Join us for this webinar, where we share FireEye’s point of view about how organizations can implement adaptive defense strategies that position them to detect, analyze and respond to security incidents of all kinds.

FireEye’s CTO, Dave Merkel, will discuss how security teams can reduce the time to detect and resolve security incidents.

Current IPS products are deficient for lots of reasons—they’re signature-based, unable to detect modern threats, and, they create excessive alerts that require additional resources to manage. Using an outdated protection model results in distracting false positives and a lack of actionable threat intelligence. Organizations need a holistic view of multi-vector attacks that goes well beyond what conventional IPS tools offer.

Join FireEye for this brief webinar and discover a new approach to IPS. You’ll quickly realize how you can save your organization time, money, and reduce your exposure to the threats lurking out there.

Join us for this webinar where we’ll share our latest intelligence and recommend how healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers can protect themselves from attackers that target these industries.

In this webinar we will cover:
• Which threat actors target these industries?
• What information do they typically steal?
• What type of tools and tactics do attackers use to gain access?
• What can we expect from these threat actors in the coming year?
• How can organizations protect themselves from the attackers that
are targeting them?